An American tourist died on Wednesday afternoon after developing complications while swimming at the Indians, British Virgin Islands. She has been identified as 55-year-old Elizabeth Potter, according to sources close to the situation. The cause of her death has not yet been determined. Police Information Officer Diane Drayton has confirmed the sudden death. “Police confirm......
Police have confirmed that four illegal guns and 300 rounds of ammunition have been found allegedly at an apartment in Palestina Estate, Tortola. This latest find comes less than a week after law enforcers recovered an illegal firearm along with several rounds of ammunition at Great Mountain in Tortola, and charged Wayne Stoutt Jr. An......
UPDATE: Politician Andrew Fahie scored what could be considered a pyrrhic victory in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday when it was revealed that the National Bank of the Virgin Islands has offered him a “generous settlement”. Fahie said details of the settlement are being finalized, but he has gone ahead to discontinue the case......
The Magistrate’s Court is informing the public that all branches of the Magistrate’s Court and Offices, John’s Hole, Prospect Reef and Virgin Gorda, will be closed on Thursday, May 1 for administrative purposes. The public is also hereby advised that the Senior Magistrate, Tamia Richards will return to office on May 1. All branches will......
The Community Mental Health Clinic (CMHC) within the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) located on the 3rd floor of the Glancia George Building in Road Town wishes to inform the public that the clinic will be closed from Thursday, 1st May until 19th May, to facilitate the transition of the clinic to Peebles......
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board invites the public to attend the upcoming tourism industry meetings to be held on Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Gorda and Anegada. The Tourism Stakeholder’s Industry Meeting is an opportunity for you to here what’s taking place in the tourism sector. All are encouraged to attend; to share your input......
PRESS RELEASE, Tuesday, April 8 – The public is encouraged to attend what is expected to be a keenly contested competition when secondary school students from Anegada and Tortola debate the possibility of a ban on scooters and motorbikes. The debate teams from the Elmore Stoutt High School and the Claudia Creque Educational Centre Secondary......
Tortola resident Lennox “Oucho” DeSilva, who had a close call with death when he was shot multiple times by gunmen while visiting Jamaica, is now back in the territory singing praises to God for sparing his life. “God is who saved me. [It] is he who I could talk to and prevail,” Desilva said while......
Stating that it will not be destroyed by what it described as a negative few, the recently formed People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) said calls for it to furnish the public with ‘manifesto-type information’ at this time are premature. A manifesto is a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by......
Opposition Leader Ralph T. O’Neal should have retired a long time ago and be on a cruise ship enjoying himself instead of holding onto political power at 80 years old, indicated Barbadian publisher Robert Pitcher. He noted that Hon. O’Neal has done very well for the territory and should, by now, have a successor to......
The People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) said not even its chairman and founder Alvin Christopher is a sure candidate for the next general elections, adding that some persons have been making insinuations about the party’s potential flag-bearers. In making that declaration, the PEP stated that it was clarifying “a popular misconception” that has developed since its......
PRESS RELEASE - The St Lucia Squash Association hosted the 2014 annual Junior Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Squash Championships at the St Lucia Yacht Club, April 24 – 27, 2014. Approximately 35 competitors from St Vincent, the BVI, and St Lucia played matches in male and female categories in Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17,......
BVI CRICKET ASSOCIATION - The Vikings Cricket Club are still the only unbeaten team in the Super Six stage of the 2014 Digicel Twenty/20 Cricket Tournament, following their historic victory against four-time defending champions, Cavaliers. On Sunday, April 27, Cavaliers won the toss, batted first and posted 203 for 8 from their 20 overs. In......
PRESS RELEASE - Digicel BVI is pleased to announce their continued support of the Razor Blades fungi band as they launch their debut album at Fantasy Bar and Restaurant in Duff’s Bottom starting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, 30th April 2014. The band was announced as Digicel brand ambassadors earlier this year and will receive......
A female resident of Major Bay, Tortola, has been arrested and charged with being armed with an offensive weapon and threatening language. She is 33-year-old Marsha Wheatley. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, in its weekly Arrest Blotter, revealed Wheatley’s identity and the charges against her, but did not outline the allegations. Reports reaching BVI......
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), in its weekly Arrest Blotter, has announced that a 15-year-old male has been charged with indecent assault. The charge against the resident of Hannah’s Estate, Tortola, was laid on April 15. His name has not been released because he is a minor. Neither the age of the victim......
Police have nabbed the scooter rider whose motorcycle allegedly hit an eight year-old schoolboy who was using the pedestrian crossing near the Digicel store in Road Town on Monday afternoon, April 28. The student, who attends Althea Scatliffe Primary School, was taken to Peebles Hospital in an ambulance. He has been released from the medical......
Police are on the hunt for two masked gunmen who robbed an undisclosed quantity of cash from a small supermarket at Long Bush, Tortola, on Monday night. This incident comes on the heels of another robbery at Le Grande Café at Waterfront Drive on April 19. In the incident last night, police say the owner......
The British Virgin Islands Ports Authority is extending the deadline to submit Expressions of Interest, or EOI’s, for the Cruise Pier Project (Upland Development) to Wednesday, April 30. The EOI’s are to be submitted to the BVI Ports Authority’s headquarters by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. For a copy of the Invitation for......
The Government of the Virgin Islands is encouraging all Public Officers to maintain and enhance their health and wellness through participation in several physical exercise activities, on Wednesday, April 30 at 4:00 p.m. as a part of the Department of Human Resources’ Motivate Officers to Value Exercise (M.O.V.E.) campaign. Pre-registered officers will be allowed to......